Kiran Banerjee
Department of Political Science
Dalhousie University
Resume
Professional info
Dr. Banerjee’s research addresses global migration governance with a focus on the normative role of international institutions and domestic political actors in responding to forced displacement. His broader research interests in political science include political theory, international ethics, science and technology, the history of political thought, international relations theory, and migration studies, as well as legal theory.
Areas of Expertise
○ International Relations
○ International Migration
○ Refugee Policy
○ Immigration
○ Law and Justice
○ Ethics
○ International Development
○ Political Science
○ Public Policy Studies
○ Politics and Government
○ Race and Ethnicity
○ Public Policy
○ Political Thought & Theory
Academic Appointments & Experience
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
2020 - present
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Dalhousie University
Associate Professor
2023 - present
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Dalhousie University
Assistant Professor
2017 - 2019
Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
University of Saskatchewan
Research Fellow
2016 - 2017
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
2016 - 2017
Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Columbia University
Lecturer
2011 - 2016
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Education
The University of Toronto: Toronto, ON. (Canada).
Ph.D. 2016 (Department of Political Science).
The University of Chicago: Chicago, IL. (USA).
M.A. 2006 (Division of Social Sciences).
The University of Chicago: Chicago, IL. (USA).
B.A. 2006 (Philosophy).
Research Funding History
Understanding North American Migration Governance: Policies, Narratives, and Practices in a Time of Crisis
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Principal Applicant - Awarded
SSHRC Connection Grant Programme
Total Funding: $24,781
Summer Institute on Migration & Identity in Europe and Canada
European Union - European Commission
Co-Principal (September 2020 - August 2023) - Awarded
Erasmus+ Programme
Total Funding: €30,00
COVID-19’s differential impact on Indigenous Peoples and Newcomers: A socioeconomic analysis of Canada, US and Mexico
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Co-applicant (August 2020 - August 2021) - Awarded
CIHR Operating Grant - COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
Total Funding: $671,332
FASS Graduate Student Research Assistant Award
Dalhousie University - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Principal Applicant (June 2020 - December 2020) - Awarded
FASS Research Grant
Total Funding: $1000
FASS Undergraduate Student Research Assistant Award
Dalhousie University - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Principal Applicant (February 2020 - June 2020) - Awarded
FASS Research Grant
Total Funding: $900
Canada Research Chair in Immigrant and Refugee Integration
Canada Research Chairs Programme (CRC)
Principal Investigator (October 2019 - October 2024) - Awarded
Tier 2 Research Chair Nomination
Total Funding: $500,000
Non-state Actors and Forced Migration: Rethinking Refugee Protection Beyond the State
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Principal Investigator - Awarded
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Programme
Total Funding: $68,528 (Canadian dollar)
New Faculty Graduate Student Support Program
Principal Applicant - Awarded
College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Total Funding: $16,000
Forced Migration and the Role of Transnational Actors in the Expansion of International Protection
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Principal Investigator (September 2018 - June 2019) - Awarded
SSHRC Explore Grants Programme
Total Funding: $7,000
Faculty Recruitment and Retention Program
Principal Applicant (September 2017 - June 2019) - Awarded
University of Saskatchewan, Office of Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations
Total Funding: $30,000
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Principal Applicant (September 2016 - August 2017) - Completed
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
Total Funding: $81,000
CERES Field Research Award
Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
University of Toronto
Principal Applicant (June 2015 - September 2015) - Completed
Total Funding: $5,000
Political Science Field Research Award
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Principal Applicant (May 2015 - September 2015) - Completed
Total Funding: $2,000
JIGES Dissertation Completion Grant
Joint Initiative in German and European Studies
University of Toronto
Principal Applicant (April 2014 - April 2015) - Completed
Total Funding: $1,500
PCJ Doctoral Fellowship
Trudeau Centre in Peace, Conflict and Justice
University of Toronto
Principal Applicant (February 2014 - February 2015) - Completed
Total Funding: $3,000
(Note: The above only includes Grants, Fellowships, and Awards from last 5 years. Please see full CV for entire listing)
Recent Scholarly Publications
Articles
Banerjee, Kiran and Joseph MacKay, "Communities of Practice, Impression Management, and Great Power Status," European Journal of International Security, Volume 6, 1-22 (2020)
Banerjee, Kiran, "Rethinking the Global Governance of International Protection," Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Volume 56, Issue 1, 1-12 (2018)
Banerjee, Kiran and Singer, Abraham, "Race and the Meso-Level Sources of Domination," Political Research Quarterly, Volume 71, 2017.
Suchowlansky, Mauricio and Banerjee, Kiran, "Foreword: The Machiavellian Moment Turns Forty," History of European Ideas, Volume 43, Issue 2, 2017.
Banerjee, Kiran and Suchowlansky, Mauricio, "Citizens, Subjects or Tyrants? Relocating the People in Pocock's The Machiavellian Moment," History of European Ideas, Volume 43, Issue 2, 2017.
Banerjee, Kiran and Bercuson, Jeffrey, "Rawls on the Embedded Self: Liberalism as an affective regime," European Journal of Political Theory, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2015.
Banerjee, Kiran, Toward "Post-National Membership-Tensions and Transformation in German and EU Citizenship," Journal of International Law and International Relations, Volume 10, 2014.
Banerjee, Kiran, "Political Community of Fate or Post-national State? Tracking the Persistence of Exclusions in Contemporary German Citizenship," Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy. Research Paper., Volume 7, 2012.
Banerjee, Kiran, Re-theorizing human rights through the refugee: on the interrelation between democracy and global justice, Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, Volume 27, 2010.
Books
Kingston, Rebecca and Banerjee, Kiran and McKee, James and Chien, Yi-Chun and Vassiliou, Constantine, Emotions, Community, and Citizenship: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, University of Toronto Press, Canada.
Books Chapters
Banerjee, Kiran and Smith, Craig Damian, "International Relations and Migration: Studying Mobility as Norm Rather than Exception," in (ed. Jamie Levin) Nomad-State Relationships International Relations: Before and After Borders, Palgrave, Canada, 2020.
Banerjee, Kiran, "Mitgliedschaft neu denken (Restructuring Membership)," in (ed. Nele Kortendiek, Marina Martinez Mateo) Grenze und Demokratie: Praktiken der Schliessung und Uberschreitung (Borders and Democracy: Practices of Closure and Transgression), Campus Verlag, Germany, 2018.
Kingston, Rebecca, and Banerjee, Kiran, et al., Introduction, Emotions, Community, and Citizenship: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, University of Toronto Press, Canada, 2017.
Banerjee, Kiran and Bercuson, Jeffrey, "Envy, Shame and Self-Respect: Situating the Emotions in the Work of John Rawls," in Emotions, Community, and Citizenship: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, University of Toronto Press Canada, 2017.
Book Reviews
Banerjee, Kiran. "Genealogy, History, and Human Rights," Journal of International Law and International Relations, Volume: 8, 66, 2013.